LEIGH HOBBS: AUSTRALIA''S CHILDREN''S LAUREATE 2016-17<br><br>Mr Chicken has captured the imagination of children everywhere with his hilarious adventures and zest for life. His curiosity about people and places has led him to adventures around the world. He''s been to Paris, London, Rome and all over Australia, but one day, while studying the planets through his telescope, he realises that he has never been to outer space. Never one to wait around, Mr Chicken blasts off immediately. Mr Chicken''s most ambitious journey yet will take him to the outer reaches of the known universe. On the way he''ll meet astronauts in a space station, Martians heading for Earth, and survive being sucked into a black hole and showered by meteors.